document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=977205>Question 977205</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The population of a country is about 1.24 billion people.  Assume that the population of the country continues to grow exponentially at the growth rate of 0.8% per year.  Thus, the expected population of the country, in billions of people, t years after this year, is given by the function P(t)-1.24e^0.008t.  Determine the expected population of the country after 9 years.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute the given number of years for t in the equation, then solve for P(t).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute 9 for t\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(9)=1.24e^0.008(9)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then I get stuck,  what do I do next? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #598742 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39620)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=598742\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You are not stuck.  You just did not compute the result after substituting for t=9.  Just do the computation.  You have a table of logarithms or a scientific or graphing calculator?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=P%289%29=1.24%2Ae%5E%280.008%2A9%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"P%289%29=1.24%2Ae%5E%280.008%2A9%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=P=1.24%2Ae%5E%280.072%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"P=1.24%2Ae%5E%280.072%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Using Windows 7 Home Premium Calculator in its scientific view form,<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Displayed result, 1.0746553440638136203348360205147<BR>\n" );
document.write( "... and then multiply that by 1.24, and take just three significant figures for the final answer. </SPAN>\n" );
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